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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Flossing and caring for your teeth · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a tooth that is painful upon contact with cold or sweet substances. Exam question 4 of lesson 74 «Flossing and caring for your teeth» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 4 · Flossing and caring for your teeth

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a tooth that is painful upon contact with cold or sweet substances.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, tooth · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, be · **To what, where:** response, tooth

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 74 «Flossing and caring for your teeth» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a tooth that is painful upon contact with cold or sweet substances.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tooth	tooth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	painful	painful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
18	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	conj	_	_
21	substances	substance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | a tooth |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tooth=Experiencer |
| 4 | **is** | present | a tooth |  |  |  |  | upon contact with cold substances; painful *property* | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is merely growing and requires no attention whatsoever from anyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e4:o1:1
# text = It is merely growing and requires no attention whatsoever from anyone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  | merely *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | present |  | no attention |  | anyone |  | whatsoever *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Theme attention=Precondition from anyone=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a sign that brushing must cease

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e4:o2:1
# text = It is a sign that brushing must cease
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	brushing	brushing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a sign |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cease** | must | brushing | a sign *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sign=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It may contain a cavity requiring treatment by a dentist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e4:o3:1
# text = It may contain a cavity requiring treatment by a dentist
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	contain	contain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cavity	cavity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	requiring	require	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dentist	dentist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contain** | may | It | a cavity |  |  |  | by a dentist | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cavity=Theme |
| 2 | **require** | gerund | a cavity *not said here* | treatment |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme treatment=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It will be cured by eating more sugar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:74-flossing-and-caring-for-teeth:e4:o4:1
# text = It will be cured by eating more sugar
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	cured	cure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	sugar	sugar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cure** | future · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund |  | more sugar |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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